France warns UK pre­mier of tough time ahead in Brexit talks

Brus­sels: France warned Bri­tain at the start of a Euro­pean Union sum­mit on Thurs­day that it would face a tough, un­yield­ing op­po­nent if it sought too many con­ces­sions dur­ing its ne­go­ti­a­tions to leave the 28-na­tion EU. Bri­tish Prime Min­is­ter Theresa May, who was at­tend­ing her first EU sum­mit as leader, was ex­pected to brief her Euro­pean coun­ter­parts on the way ahead for Bri­tain’s exit from the trade bloc. Many un­cer­tain­ties about the di­vorce re­main be­cause Bri­tain has yet to trig­ger the two-year ne­go­ti­a­tions for “Brexit” and is un­likely to do so un­til the end of March. Times of In­dia